Gaming News - April 2006
Bellevue, WA (April 26, 2006) - ArenaNet and NCsoft announced
today that Guild Wars Factions has officially shipped.
From ArenaNet:
Guild Wars Factions is the stand-alone follow-up to Guild Wars, the game that
set new standards in online gaming with fresh design, innovative technology and
no-subscription-fee pricing. With an expected retail price of $49.99, Guild Wars
Factions will be available worldwide and servers supporting the new release will
“go live” at 12:01 AM PDT /7:01 GMT on April 28, 2006.
Those who pre-ordered the game will be able to participate in the exclusive
Guild Wars Factions Head Start Event beginning at 12:01 AM PDT/7:01 AM GMT on
April 27, 2006. These lucky gamers will have access to the game for a total of
48 hours, including a full 24 hours before the game’s global release. During the
first 24 hours of the Head Start Event, ArenaNet has planned an exclusive
in-game event titled "Day of the Tengu," in which players will join one-day-only
"Day of the Tengu" quests, and earn exclusive in-game rewards.
“New features in Guild Wars Factions such as guild scrimmages, alliance
battles, ranked character titles, and some surprises still to come all resulted
from our drive to create a truly unique gaming experience for existing and new
fans of the Guild Wars universe,” says Mike O’Brien, co-founder of ArenaNet.
“With a full year of development and a passionate design team, we think what
we’ve created delivers on that and much, much more. Either played as a
stand-alone game, or linked with your original Guild Wars account, Guild Wars
Factions is a game we are thoroughly proud of—and still carries no subscription
fee.”
Guild Wars Factions takes place on the Asian-inspired continent of Cantha,
where players create a character from eight distinct professions—including the
newly created Assassin and Ritualist—and join an epic quest that pits two
warring factions, the Luxons and the Kurzicks, against an ancient evil, and
against each other. As players become embroiled in this brutal war of conquest,
new missions will provide both roleplaying fans and competitive PvP players the
opportunity to help determine the fate of Cantha.
Guild Wars Factions is rated T for Teen. For more information, please visit
www.guildwars.com.
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